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Dendrophyllia cornigera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia cornigera was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dendrophyllia cornigera by Zibrowius (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Caryophyllia cornigera Lamarck
1980Dendrophyllia cornigera Zibrowius

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusDendrophylliaBlainville 1830
speciescornigera(Lamarck 1816)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:16:51
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:16:51
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Dendrophyllia cornigera (70067 163836)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France Dendrophyllia cornigera (163846)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Italy Dendrophyllia cornigera (191624)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246France Dendrophyllia cornigera (70512)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333France Dendrophyllia cornigera (163847)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sardinia) Dendrophyllia cornigera (84304)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece Dendrophyllia cornigera (190371)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Dendrophyllia cornigera (49518)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece Dendrophyllia cornigera (124215 124216)